How To Host ASP.NET Core Application on IIS Server

Prerequisites

• Installed DotNetCore.1.0.4_1.1.1-WindowsHosting.exe
• Installed dotnet-dev-win-x64.1.0.0-preview2-1-003177.exe (for 64-bit system) or dotnet-dev-win-x86.1.0.0-preview2-1-003177.exe (for 32-bit system).

• Turn Windows Features On
  
  
  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Click on "Programs and features".
  3. Click on "Turn On or Off Windows Features".
  4. Check if the below-highlighted folders are checked. If not, make them checked and apply changes.
     
     
     

• Create an Empty Folder
  
  
  1. Open C drive.
  2. Open the inetpub folder.
  3. Open the wwwroot folder.
  4. Create an empty folder in it with the folder name respective to your solution name.
     
     
     
     
     
     

STEP 1

• Open Visual Studio in Administrator mode.
• Right-click on Visual Studio and you will see an option of "Run as administrator". Just click on it.
  
  
  
  
• Open your ASP.NET Core solution.
  
  
  
  
• Right-click your WebApp project.
• You will see an option to "Publish". Click on it.
  
  
  

• This pop-up window will appear.
  
  
  
  
• Select a Custom Profile.
  
  
  

• Create a Publish profile giving the profile name according to your application.
  
  
  
  
• Click "Next".
• Change Publish method to "File System".
• Change Target location to the empty folder path you created.
  
  
  
  
• Click "Next".
• Change the Target Runtime based on the Operating System you want to host the app upon.
  
  
  
  
  

• Click "Next".
• Check the preview and publish.
  
  
  

• It will start publishing and you will get a message.
  
  
  

STEP 2

• Open IIS Manager.
• You will find a default website there.
• Refresh it and you will see the Project_Name folder.
  
  
  
  
• Right-click the Project_Name folder.
• You will see an option of "Convert to Application".
  
  
  
  
• Again, right-click on Project_Name folder and hover over "Manage Application".
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• Click on "Browse" and your application gets hosted with localhost/Project_Name.
• To access the website on other system's browser, you need to run it with IPAddress/Project_Name. (Example: http://10.17.1.191/Sample)